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August 21, 2008

Sturgell Tells FAA Employees 'The Credit Goes To You'

Marks Agency's 50th Anniversary In Message To Workers

Below is the unedited text of a speech given Thursday by Robert Sturgell, Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, thanking employees for their efforts in making aviation far safer today than it was 50 years ago, when FAA was founded (as the Federal Aviation Agency.)

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 08.21.08

A Long Flight For The Carter Aviation Technologies PAV... With Jay Carter, Jr.

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 08.21.08 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 08.21.08 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- A Long Flight For The Carter PAV: 08.21.08 (ANN Special Report, with Jay Carter, Jr., President and Chief Engineer of

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Storm Washes Local 'Wildlife' Onto MLB Ramp

'Gators And Catfish And Snakes, Oh My!

Usually, the only things you see on the runway at the airport are planes... either taking off, landing or taxiing. But thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, now spinning in place off the east coast of Florida, that's not always the case.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.21.08)

Aero-Linx! 

The aviation heroes of the pulp era were definitely a breed apart.  They lived, fought, and sometime died in the sky. Bill Barnes, Air Adventurer was dedicated to the romance of airplanes and slanted toward the model enthusiasts of the day, those industrious lads who built biplanes from scale blueprints and blocks of balsa wood.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.21.08): Aerodynamic Heating

Aero-Terms!

The heating of a body due to the passage of air or other gases over the body; caused by friction and compression processes.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (08.21.08)

"American Eagle Airlines agrees with the TSA that the inspection process is an important layer of security detail... American Eagle is also concerned that the TSA inspector's method of physically hoisting himself up to the jet bridge using a part of the aircraft could have placed him in physical danger."

Source: From a statement by the airline regarding Tuesday's incident at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, in which nine ERJs were damaged by an overzealous TSA inspector who hoisted himself onto the planes using the aircrafts' Total Air Temperature probes as handholds.

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